Trace Evidence Podcast | 199 - The Disappearance of Jie Zhao Li @TraceEvidencePodcast | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
February 11th, 1988 - twelve year old Jie Zhao Li walks out of her family's Honolulu home to sell tickets for a school fundraiser. She never makes it back home. Within hours she's reported missing and investigators begin massive searches trying to track down the little girl or anyone who may have seen her.

Soon witnesses come forward but their stories lead detectives in different directions. Some people saw Jie speaking to a man outside of the local 7-11 moments before her disappearance. Others claim to have seen her in the back of an old, yellow Chevy miles away and days after she went missing.

While detectives quickly determine that the twelve year old was likely the victim of an abduction, their race against time hits dead end after dead end leading many to wonder if Jie is still alive out there somewhere, or if perhaps, her abductor took her life within hours of her vanishing.

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0:00 - Intro
01:59 - Show Notes
03:42 - Case Evidence
52:53 - Theories
01:03:22 - Closing